Some Birds of Rare or Accidental Oc¬ 
currence in New England. H-A.Purdie 
13. Sterna fuliginosa. Soott Tern. - Mr. Clark informs me £l,at 
he has this species m his collection, mounted from a bird that last summer 
flew against the side of the steam boa Wharf depot at Saybrook, Conn. 
Stunned by the concussion, it fell and was picked up. It had been 
noticed for several days flying about the mouth of the river as somethin* 
unusual. ° 
Bull. N,O.O. 2, Jan., 187?. p ,22 
General Notes, 
to rep ortM he" capture ^ ^ H ° yt 1 am enabled 
fuliginosa). The bird was knocked 0t ^ S °° tj Tern C Sterna 
and brought in to Mr. Hoyt He n ' "[f \ “ ° ai "’ “ Se P temb er, 1879, 
collection. 7 He P'cserved the skin and it is now in my 
Auk XII. Jan. 1865 p. 80 
